Gauging your readiness to train can be done in many ways. I discuss several methods in The Elite Trainer, but one tool that has become quite popular is the Oura ring, which gives you a daily readiness score upon awakening. Recently, I went on a vacation to the Dominican Republic. I laid in the sun…

Yesterday, my Oura readiness score was 94. I should have had a good workout, but I didn’t! The first exercise was bent-knee deadlifts and my goal was to work up from 305 to 335 in a step-loading fashion for 5 sets of 5. I went to do my first work set and it felt like…